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VICTORIA — Canada's premiers want the federal government to stop "quibbling" about its share of health-care funding and partner with them on a "generational opportunity" to modernize a failing system, they said Tuesday after two days of meetings.

OTTAWA — Voting for Jean Charest is the best way to stop Pierre Poilievre from becoming leader of the Conservative party, Patrick Brown's campaign told supporters Tuesday, after admitting their candidate's efforts to challenge his disqualification fr

OTTAWA — A new report from the Senate is calling on the federal government to implement Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqiyik and Peskotomuhkati rights-based fisheries on Canada's East Coast and overhaul its approach to negotiations.

More than a year since the federal government's expert task force recommended it create a safe supply of substances to reduce people's reliance on toxic street drugs, the government has not created any system to procure one

MONTREAL — Health officials in Quebec City say it's too early to tell whether a major outdoor festival there is contributing to a rise in COVID-19 cases, but an infectious disease expert says additional precautions are needed now.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is confident the federal government will be able to set up its proposed dental-care program by the end of the year, though his department has not yet settled on a model or begun formal talks

TORONTO — Some Sri Lankans living in Canada are welcoming the promised resignations of that country's embattled leaders, after protesters angered by economic collapse stormed the homes of the president and prime minister over the weekend.

OTTAWA — As premiers gathered in British Columbia try again to make their case for a permanent increase in federal health transfers, they're also waiting on $2 billion they were promised back in March to help clear surgical and diagnostic backlogs.

OTTAWA — The federal government is prioritizing temporary travel visas for people seeking to attend the International AIDS Conference in Montreal at the end of July.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, outfitted with two Canadian-built systems that help capture images, is already astounding the scientists who worked for years to get the instrument operational.